Necktie-holder



(No Modem G. 1:'. MINT'. NEKTIE HOLDER.

No. 555,595. Patented Mar. 12, 1895.

Unire Srnrns GEORGE F. MINTO, OF MILAN, MICHIGAN.

NECKTlE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,596, dated March12, 1895.

' Application filed May 28, 1894. Serial No. 512,726. (No model.)

provements in Necktie-Holders, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction of a metal frame havingguidel pins for the reception of neckties, a foot or base, and a handleby means of which it may readily be lifted, further in the constructionof such a device from wire, all as more fully hereinafter described. t

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 isa side elevation thereof showing it as in use. spective view showing amodified form. Fig.

4 is a perspective view showing another modiiication. Y

The construction shown in Fig. lis made from a single'piece of wire,bent to form the pin a at one end, the foot bar b at the lower endthereof, the end loop c the inner ends of the loop being twistedtogether into a backbone or spine d which extends beyond the foot bar bto form the raised loop e which forms the handle. The ends of this loopare twisted together and form a portion of the spine. Near the foot bard is the offset h at right angles to the spine, and bent to form theside foot loop 7J. The ends of this loop are twisted together, and thewire terminates in the pin 7o parallel to the pin a, forming between aslot Z of a width to receive neckties. I preferably employ a cross bar mhaving eyes n at each end engaging over the pins and sliding thereon, torest upon the ties and prevent their accidental displacement. The

wire thus bent forms a base4 composed of a Fig. 3 is a perspine fromwhich radiate loops which form the foot and handle, and the rearwardlyinclined supporting pins between which the ties are supported. Theinclination permits inspection of all the ties. The base is entirelyhidden by the ties. The structure is graceful, compact and economical.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a somewhat similar construction combining thebackbone and radiating foot loops and handle, but the loop c I formpartly from the main wire and partly by an extra wire o, the ends ofwhich form one of each of two pairs of pins. This is the construction Iuse for ties known as fourin-hand.

For convenience in shipping, I may arrange the terminals of the twowires on opposite sides of the spine, and form the ends into eyes orloops f and make the inclined pins with a cross-bar which is journaledtherein, with a hook g preferably formed at one end of the body wire,for holding it upright, and so that when the hook is released it may beturned upon the base as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

What I claim as my invention is A rack for holding neckties comprisingtwo parallel upwardly inclined pins, a forwardly extending supportingloop c at the base of the pins, a lateral support t' extending out froma point adjacent the base of the pins, a sliding cross bar on the pinsand a rearward upwardly inclined handle forming a continuation of thesupporting loop, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. MINTO.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, L. J. WHITTEMORE.

